Author: A. Joshua Adedeji

Planning itself is an area that many people have come to love to avoid or overlook in an atmosphere of being busy. We are people that love to live one day at a time, meet life events suddenly and “by luck” or “chance” get good result through whatever life throws at us. However, planning is as crucial for effective living as oxygen. Some time ago, while Jesus was speaking, He said, ” For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— lest, after he…

Elections across the world hold at periodic intervals for the purposes of expressing interests, preferences and choices among or between alternatives. Groups, associations and nations have made use of elections to determine their national direction, leadership and values. The era of Military coup de tat, when the will of the people is disregarded and denied is indeed over in many nations across the world. Just yesterday, the people of Ghana went to the polls to choose their new President. The truth is, the choice of the people has been made, with the opposition claiming victory, without any violence reported. In…

While I am of the opinion that Kingdoms perform better than democratic countries, I consider democracy to be an option that we must all embrace and evolve in. Democracy unlike many other forms of government, is focused on the people – it revolves around the people. Democracy is one form of government that gives the sovereignty of the nation to its people. When the Military take over government of any nation, their objective is to take over the sovereignty from the people, and therefore becomes dictators of the people. In other forms of government, such as autocracy, someone wields the…

For many young Nigerians that were born post-economic boom of the 1970s, the reality of our economic experience is far too much to be desired.  The Nigerian Naira has fallen so badly that almost everyone (except the few that have anticipated it – the few that took the wealth else) is complaining about the weight of the scarcity of foreign currencies within the macro-economy. We are fully aware that Nigeria “gained” independence in 1960; and from that time till date; Nigeria has been governed (ruled or used or abused or misused) by at least, 13 men. Out of that 13,…

Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA and acclaimed pro-democracy activist Dr Olisa Agbakoba tells of the magic wand that will pull the country out of the economic woods by the middle of 2017. The maritime lawyer, who is also a graduate of the London School of Economics, speaks on those who caused the downturn among other economic and sundry issues. Excerpts: What is your personal diagnosis of the nation’s slump into economic recession? We have this complicated, endemic, malignant, metabolic economic recession. To understand that, and proffer solutions to it; the single biggest culprit in our present predicament…

In this interview, Professor of Political Economy and Management expert, Pat Utomi, shares his thoughts on the state of the country’s economy, politics and other issues. There were speculations that you were going to be a Minister or at least be on the economic team of President Muhammadu Buhari. Were you not reached out to or you were simply uninterested? First of all, I think there is too much emphasis on form rather than content in our context as a people. I think what is always important is our ability to work together as a people to change the…

The mantra “Change Begins With Me” is not the problem of Nigeria and Nigerians deserves the right to vent their dissatisfaction with the current status of the economy of Nigeria. Sometime in 2015, I submitted an article on Witicles.com titled: “The Folly Of Electioneering in Nigeria: We Either Change or Perish”; the article was later published on Fridayposts.com. I submitted very strongly on the possible consequence of the choice Nigerians were to make; and their attitude. At that time, Naira was hardly used to compel people to vote; many politicians changed their minds on who to support based on the quantum of dollars…

It has been said that people do what people see; and that explains the situation of Nigeria and the relationship between the President of Nigeria and Nigerians. While the Federal Government expects people to do what they say; ultimately, what people do is what people see the FG doing. If you take a careful look at the picture above; you would see the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria talking and laughing while reading the newspaper. If you take a walk outside your workplace or house and move through the streets; you will see Nigerians that ought to be producing…

It has been said that talk is cheap; and if I may, I would compare men and women that only talk to the situation where it is said that if wishes were horses; beggars would ride. It is one thing to say something, and another is to do something; the vast majority of us do not have problem saying things (maybe because we all have our own share of mouth); but the aspect of doing become cumbersome for even the most active men and women. It is possible for you to lay yourself on a nice textured bed, while you…

Undoubtedly, there is a shortage of relevant resources on the earth today. Many families, cities, states and nations are short of needed resources for survival, growth and development; which in a way have created a sense of scarcity in many people, corporations and countries. Many people have settled for less, accepting whatever comes there way as their own fortune or their own fate. This sense of claim, which has made countless people across nations to possess substances as their own; has equally made many to experience scarcity in their lives. While these sense of scarcity and sense of claim have…